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As plumbing and heating professionals around the globe prepare to celebrate World Plumbing Day today, the Covid pandemic has vividly highlighted their importance as critical workers on the frontline of public health and safety. While World Plumbing Day was inaugurated in 2010 to mark the link b

Aberdeen City Council has made continued progress on construction of the 27 upgraded or new buildings to support additional early learning and childcare (ELC) provision as three more sites are due to be completed soon. Tillydrone Nursery is due to be completed early this mon

A ground-breaking project to store renewable energy using gravity is taking shape in Edinburgh.

A social housing development in Eindhoven has integrated a vertical forest. The first 'vertical forest' in the Netherlands will be integrated into one of two new smart buildings to be built in the city of Eindhoven.

A consultation has opened on proposals by plant machinery company Morris Leslie to deliver a £33.8 million leisure-led development in West Kinfauns, Perthshire.

Construction trade association SELECT has published a manifesto for a better and more sustainable industry in the run-up to the Holyrood elections this May. The Creating a Brighter Manifesto includes key demands on behalf of over 1,250 businesses across the electrotechnical industry, including calls

Construction and refurbishment experts Procast have completed a £530,000 contract to construct and fit out an all-new extension to a primary school in Lanarkshire. The company's team, together with Cleland Primary head teacher Jan Barclay and principal teacher Lorna Telfer, got together for a

Engie Regeneration is carrying out extensive renovations works on a number of council-owned tower blocks in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire. Engie is working on behalf of North Lanarkshire Council to enhance Blairgrove and Merryston Court and Glen and Millbrae Court.

Local contractor and renewable technologies experts Alliance Electrical Services will soon begin a £300,000 programme of work to install smoke detectors in partnership with Angus Council. Beginning with a programme of work to fit smoke detectors in more than 600 homes in Arbroath, the installa

Plans to build an extension to Lethans wind farm have been unveiled by Banks Renewables in a scoping report submitted to the Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit. With a potential generating capacity of more than 50MW, enough to provide over 36,000 homes, or over 87,000 people, with clea

Rettie & Co has hired Fergus Thomson MRICS as an associate director to head up Rettie Borders LLP in Melrose and Rettie Berwick LLP, covering also broader Borders areas. Mr Thomson, who joins from Davidson and Robertson, brings a wealth of experience as a chartered surveyor.

Proposals for a major new housing and commercial development at a disused site near Edinburgh Airport will be considered by the Scottish Government after council planners failed to make a decision in time.

Two award-winning architects have opened a new practice in Scotland specialising in conservation, adaptive re-use of historic buildings and new architecture within sensitive settings, for a diverse range of uses.

Plans for 57 new homes in Edzell have been approved by Angus Council despite concerns about potential traffic issues in the area. Developer Guild Homes is expected to start work on the homes within a month after Angus Council’s development standards committee granted permission for the sc

New council housing in St Ninians, delivered by local builder Ogilvie Homes, has been handed over to tenants. The 10 homes at the King's Meadow development at Monteith Avenue were built as part of Stirling Council’s Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP), which aims to provide new high-quali